Andrew Robertson admitted Scotland didn’t flip up as they misplaced 5-1 to Germany of their first recreation of Euro 2024.
The Tartan Military failed to put a glove on the hosts all through the encounter on the Allianz Area, with Ryan Porteous’ first-half pink card solely including to the distress.
Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz put Germany 3-0 up at half-time as Niclas Fullkrug and Emre Can netted after the break, with Antonio Rudiger’s personal objective the one comfort for Steve Clarke’s males.
Scotland’s captain informed ITV Sport: “First half we simply obtained all of it fallacious actually.
We didn’t actually present up, we weren’t aggressive sufficient, we allowed good gamers an excessive amount of time on the ball.
“We clearly had a recreation plan and we did and their recreation plan labored and ours didn’t. But it surely wasn’t due to the [lack of] follow, we simply didn’t put it collectively on the pitch.
“Didn’t actually present up. Wasn’t aggressive sufficient”
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It’s a reminder of how powerful this match is. You’re enjoying in opposition to world-class groups they usually confirmed that right now.
“Their huge gamers confirmed up they usually have been wonderful everywhere in the park and made it actually tough for us. They’d a solution for just about all the things we had.
“However I don’t suppose we’ve performed to our most and it’s a must to in opposition to the highest groups.”
‘We’ve got to kind it fast’
The Liverpool left-back couldn’t disguise his disappointment in Munich however insisted he and his team-mates should choose themselves up shortly forward of dealing with Switzerland on Tuesday.
Robertson is aware of they may nonetheless be backed by supporters, who performed their half producing an excellent environment within the German capital.
He added: “We’re effectively backed at this match, we all know that. We’ve obtained so many good supporters and right now was massively disappointing.
“However you’re enjoying in opposition to the host nation and it’s the primary recreation and it doesn’t get a lot more durable than that.
“We’ve got to bounce again shortly as a result of there was lots that was fallacious right now and we’ve got to kind it as a result of we’ve got a fast turnaround on Tuesday [vs Switzerland].”
‘I used to be stunned by Scotland’
Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann stated he didn’t count on his aspect to win so comfortably after speaking up Scotland’s menace earlier than the sport.
He stated: “I’m comfortable, I’m satfisifed, it’s not simple to have the primary recreation in our personal nation.
“We have been good within the first 20 minutes, I used to be proud of the efficiency.
“We conceded however on the finish it’s okay, it’s a great signal that our gamers complained about conceding.
“I used to be type of stunned that Scotland weren’t that aggressive in first 20 minutes. I believe they have been stunned by our ball possession, it was very concentrated.
“They then defended deeper and didn’t excessive press as they’ve within the qualifying video games at instances.”
